High-speed chase ends in arrest

Wednesday

Jul 9, 2014 at 12:01 AM

Tribune staff

The Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department arrested a 22-year-old man from Missouri after a high-speed chase beginning at 1:06 a.m. Tuesday on northbound I-75 at speeds reaching 100 mph.Cheboygan County Sheriff Dale Clarmont said the police had received a be-on-the-lookout advisory from law enforcement entities for a suicidal person driving a 2013 Ford pickup. The vehicle was intercepted just south of Indian River near the 308 mile mark on I-75 heading north.Stop sticks were deployed at two locations by the sheriff's department and the Michigan State Police, south of Mackinaw City, slowing the vehicle down. The driver then intentionally hit a barrier on I-75 bringing the pickup to a stop, according to a news release from the Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department.Police report the driver was not injured and was taken into custody. The investigation indicated the driver was trying to get to the Mackinaw Bridge and had consumer a large quantify of pills. He was transported to McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey for treatment and evaluation. The incident remains under investigation.The driver, currently residing in Lansing, was charged will fleeing and eluding and operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs.Assisting the sheriff's department was the Michigan State Police, the Tuscarora Township Police Department, the Mackinaw City Police Department, the St. Ignace Police Department and the Sault Tribe Police Department.